BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS

Farm Bill conservation title draft House and Senate; chronic wasting disease research and management; forest management plans; enhancing carbon capture and carbon sequestration through forest health; reducing wildfire through active management policies; Agriculture Innovation Act, S 98; Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act, HR 4017, S 174; Conservation Reserve Program Reform Act, S 1509; Forest Conservation Easement Program Act, HR 3424; Forest Information Reform Act, HR 200, S 1540; Root and Stem Act, HR 674, S 199; Save Our Sequoias Act, HR 2989; Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act, HR 1450, S 697; Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act, HR 5186, S 1161;

Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal year 2025 appropriations bills both House and Senate draft legislation; to provide funding for conservation programs including the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, USFWS State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System, USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, USFWS National Fish Habitat Action Plan & Partnerships, USFWS Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, BLM Land Resources, BLM Wildlife and Fish Habitat Fish Management, USFWS National Fish Habitat Action Plan & Partnerships, EPA Geographic Programs, USFS Roads and Trails, greater sage-grouse conservation, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, chronic wasting disease research and management, conservation of migration corridors, wild horse and burro management, and for the reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation; Inflation Reduction Act implementation; 1872 mining reform; abandoned mines and wells reclamation; renewable energy development and mitigating impacts to fish and wildlife habitat; Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act, HR 3495, S 1742; End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act, HR 3377, S 1622; Expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws. H. Con. Res. 34; Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, HR 7779, S 2781; Lower Energy Costs Act, HR 1; Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, HR 2925, S 1281; Permitting for Mining Needs Act, HR 209; Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act, HR 178; Superior National Forest Restoration Act, HR 3195;

Land and Water Conservation Fund implementation; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation; Inflation Reduction Act implementation; conservation funding mechanisms; the conservation of landscape priorities; Alaska's Right to Produce Act, HR6285, S 3289; Americas Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act, S 3791; America's Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act, HR 7408; Arctic Refuge Protection Act, HR 724, S 282; America's Outdoor Recreation Act, S 873; Avi Kwa Ame National Monument Establishment Act, HR 1660; Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment Act, S 2990; Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act, HR 1396, S 683; Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, S 2149; Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act HR 668; Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, HR 2545; Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act, HR 1303, S 593; Chuckwalla National Monument Establishment and Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act, HR 5660; Colorado Outdoor Recreation and the Economy Act, HR 3437, S 1634; Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act, HR 5216, S 2660; Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'", HJR 27, SJR 7; Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act, HR 1312, S 608; Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act, HR 1534, S 636; Duck Stamp Modernization Act, HR 2872, S 788; Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act, HR 6492; Federal Interior Land Media Act, HR 1576; Flatside Wilderness Additions Act, HR 3971; Forest Information Reform Act, HR 200, S 1540; Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, HR 7779, S 2781; Helping Open Underutilized Space to Ensure Shelter Act, S 3117; Habitat Enhancement Now Act, HR 6854; Public Lands in Public Hands Act, HR 7430; Lower Energy Costs Act, HR 1; Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act; S 1890; Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act, HR 4839; M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act, HR 1611, S 776; Montana Headwaters Legacy Act, S 3346; New York New Jersey Watershed Protection Act, HR 2982, S 1335; North American Wetland Conservation Extension Act, S 4048; North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act, HR 2405, S 1088; Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act, HR 3700; Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act, HR 1063, S 432; Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act, S 440; Pecos Watershed Protection Act, HR 5943, S 3033; Permitting for Mining Needs Act, HR 209; Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, HR 615, S 1185; Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, HR 5110; Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes in California Lands Act, S 1776; Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act, HR 178; Range Access Act, HR 1614; Recovering America's Wildlife Act, S 1149; Refuge System Protection Act, HR 6583; Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act, HR 913, S 373; Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act, HR 6841; Roadless Area Conservation Act, HR 3853, S 1831; Ruby Mountains Protection Act, S 706; San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act, HR 3681; Shenandoah Mountain Act, S 2630; Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act, HR 1527, S 1630; Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act, S 162; Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act, S 2105; Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act, HR 6352; Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act, HR 1450, S 697; Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act, HR 4748, S 1889; Virginia Wilderness Additions Act, S 745; WEST Act, HR 3397; WILD Act, HR 5009, S 2395; Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver Reauthorization Act, HR 5009, S 2395; Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, HR 2765, S 1254; Youth Coastal Fishing Program Act, HR 3925, S 1860;